Mason Crosby

[Merlin]

So far this season I am not convinced he was the one to keep. His first poor weather performance in Lambeau and he misses two of three. His kick offs were shaky as well. All I heard before the kicker decision was made is that he is a cold weather kicker and how much better then Rayner he is and that he was younger and youth is the better way to go. It wasn't proven in camp that he was the better kicker, it was a tie. His first cold weather game he chokes, and he is only a year younger then Rayner. So before I get all of the "sky is falling" bs from the people who support 3T and think we are all that and a bag of chips (basically those of you who like to take shit out of context), does anyone else have the same concerns?

He didn't look confident at all out there to me and that is a regression as far as I am concerned. I am not looking for anyone to jump off their bandwagon here but if your kicker in a close game at Lambeau in the weather chokes, that isn't a good thing.

[b bulldog]

I still think he will be fine.

[Joemailman]

I thought he may have slipped a bit on the first miss, and he slipped noticeably on one kickoff. Perhaps he wasn't wearing the right cleats for a wet field.

[Lurker64]

This was his first bad weather game in his first NFL season. No matter how bad he did today, it's too early to really be down on him longterm. If he keeps it up in bad weather, I'll be concerned, but I suspect he'll work on whatever he thinks happened today.

[GBRulz]

I think Crosby will be fine, so let's not write him off after one bad game.

If he continues to struggle in the cold weather, well then I guess we'll be bringing another kicker into camp next year.

[oregonpackfan]

I agree with the posters who feel Crosby will be fine. If you look at this 3 field goal attempts, he hooked all three of them. The one that was good just barely made it inside the left upright. He may have just had an off game.

Crosby passed his pro test, IMO, his very first pro game. Not only did he make all his field goal atttemps. He kicked the winning field goal with just seconds to go in the game. How many rookie kickers would be that successful in their first NFL game?

[gbpackfan]

Crosby will be fine. I was at the game, and not that Crosby can use this excuse forever BUT, the winds and mist rain were doing some strange things today to the football. The kick-offs were short, the punts were almost all ducks and the field goals, even in warm-ups, were inaccurate. Crosby has to get the swirling winds down and then he will be fine. I am not worried.

[Brandon494]

Just like any rookie you not going to be perfect your first season. Cut him some slack. BTW so far he is kicking a high % then Rayner.

[Partial]

Predictable. 10-13 for a rookie kicker who had a terrible game this week is still great. He will only get better.

[Deputy Nutz]

I wasn't impressed with the way the field played in wet weather, like an ice rink out there.

[MJZiggy]

Firstly, I don't remember people saying how much better he was than Rayner. I think TT made a difficult decision that could have gone either way. I don't think Crosby had great footing as has been mentioned before, but let's see what happens in his second crappy-weather game before we decide he sucks. Part of the reason he got this gig in the first place was because Rayner had his own issues in the nasty weather.

[3irty1]

I'm glad he got to see these conditions and his bad performance didn't cost us a loss.

[Patler]

It's hard to be real confident in any kicker until they come out and earn it. I didn't worry about Rayner last year, but I was not real confident in him either. It's much the same with Crosby now. I feel he can do it, I just don't know if he will until he gets through a couple seasons.

One thing should help him in Lambeau, he has a short-legged kick without huge follow-through. It's sort of a short, hard punch. That is what they try to teach kickers to do on bad fields, and its his natural style. He may have 50 yard range even on bad fields.

One thing he has proven already is an ability to tackle. Apparently, he was a very hard-nosed safety in high school. He made a saving tackle in the first game this year, and did again today on the short kick-off when he fell down. He came over and made a very aggressive sideline tackle. He's a football player.

[Little Whiskey]

from now on he never sees the inside of the Hudson Center during practice and he kicks with the sprinklers running!

[cpk1994]

Just like any rookie you not going to be perfect your first season. Cut him some slack. BTW so far he is kicking a high % then Rayner.

I don't take too much stock in what this clown posts. Anybody who has a bad day is a "bust" in this guys opinion. His routine is getting very old oand tired.